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This document sets out the new Inter Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) Strategic Priorities to ensure that it is better fit for purpose and able to focus on its original mandate, as laid out in General Assembly resolutions.

This document sets out the new Inter Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) structure for 2022-2023 to ensure that it is better fit for purpose and able to focus on its original mandate, as laid out in General Assembly resolutions. The IASC was established following the adoption of UN General Assembly 46/182 in 1991.

This document sets out the terms of references for the Inter Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) Task Forces following the IASC Principals and Deputies decisions of December 2021.

Foreword We go into 2022 with unprecedented levels of need amongst ordinary women, men and children of Afghanistan. 24.4 million people are in humanitarian need – more than half the population. Years of compounded crises and under-investment have resulted in nearly four times the number of people in need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance compared to just three years ago.